STAY HERE. You will be so glad you did! Warin is a generous and gentle host. Ceaselessly giving and helpful, she simultaneously allows one one's space and privacy. I now consider Warin (Djap is her nickname) a friend. I enjoyed Djap's warm hospitality for 19 days, and miss her, and her lovely home, already.

Your room will be quite, large and airy, with its own bathroom and hot shower. Plenty of closet and shelve space, large windows with views of cocoanut and banana palms - all in the heart of a thriving, diverse Bangkok neighborhood. Warin invites you to use the whole apartment, in which you will enjoy a long balcony with cushy chairs, living room, etc.

The neighborhood (Thonglor) is a popular, chic and thriving one. You will be a short walk to great restaurants (one of the most delicious is where Djap herself works - Thai Kin, on Soi 20 - delish!! ... another favorite was called Tuba, a two-minute walk away), and a quick motorcycle-taxi ride to the BTS (Thonglor stop.) Also within walking distance is the local boat-bus. Super-cheap and super-easy, I walked to this public boat shuttle to get to the breadth-taking palaces, wats and museums that struck my fancy. Of course I wouldn't have found these conveniences without Djap's patient and generous help.

The building complex itself is a peaceful retreat within busy Bangkok. Soi 20 is quiet the minute you turn onto it. Then, when you turn in to the address itself, it is even more calming. The doorman-protected (door-family, actually) grounds are peaceful and beautifully landscaped with palm trees and flowering bushes that surround a swimming pool (where I swam daily.) Pass an aromatic Buddhist alter through the gate, past the pool and into the apartment building whose balconies drape plants and in whose homes reside an intellectual community of local, "farang" (that'll be you) and mixed-nationality families.

I was Warin's first airbnb guest, and I am proud to be her first reviewer. I went to Bangkok to visit my son (whose studio apartment, we both agreed, was too small to house the two of us.) In choosing a homestead, I faltered between using airbnb and opting for privacy and service at a hotel. I enjoyed both with Warin, with the added loveliness of a dear host who, by the way, generously opened her doors to my son as well, whenever our activities paused in the Thonglor area.

I recommend staying with Warin without hesitation.